The Perfect Heresy
Download or Read eBook The Perfect Heresy PDF written by Stephen O'Shea and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Stephen O'Shea |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781861973504 |
ISBN-13 | : 1861973500 |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Perfect Heresy by : Stephen O'Shea
Book excerpt: Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them. The final defeat of the Cathars was horrific with mass burnings of men, women and children in the village of Montaillou in the Pyrenees.